Although a state budget was signed in February, the state budget crisis is far from over. If we wish California to fulfill its residents’ dreams for public wellbeing, we need four things. We should return to open government budget deliberations, so that the public and important constituencies’ voices may be heard. We must rewrite the constitutional requirements for two-thirds votes for taxes and budgets into the democratic norm of majority rule. We have to redistribute the resources of the richest state in the richest country in the world through fair tax policies that ask the wealthy and the corporations to do their proper share of helping. And we must rethink our priorities, so that what is the best for the most becomes the golden rule for the golden state.

• September 24 "Day of Action" on state budget
• Protests to target state budget March 13 and 16
  
• CFT radio spots say budget solution is fair tax policy
  
• CFT analysis: The budget crisis is solvable
  
• Education Coalition
  
• 2008 local actions